Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento
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The country's electronic music scene goes back more than half a century.
It includes artists like Jean-Michel Jarre, Justice, Air, and Daft Punk.
Electronic music's addition to the list marks the first step towards gaining UNESCO cultural heritage status.
Earlier this year, French President Emmanuel Macron voiced his support for the recognition.
says it extracted metadata for 256 million tracks from Spotify, all of which is now available online.
Metadata typically includes information like a song's artist, title, genre, producers, and other identifying information.
The activist group also said it scraped 86 million music audio files, which it plans to release at a future date.
The group says its goal is to create the largest publicly available music archive.
Spotify says the company has identified and disabled the accounts engaged in unlawful scraping and that it is implementing safeguards to prevent piracy and copyright infringement.
Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento, NPR News.
Rafael Itier founded El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico in 1962.
The Korean War veteran served as El Combo's principal pianist and director.
He turned the orchestra into one of Latin America's premier salsa institutions, ushering in a golden age for the genre.
For over six decades, El Gran Combo not only served as an informal training grounds for dozens of salsa musicians, it also influenced global superstars like Bad Bunny, who sampled one of their songs in his latest album.
Puerto Rican Governor Jennifer González Colón announced that the island will soon hold an official date of mourning for Itier.
Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, NPR News.
Rafael Itier founded El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico in 1962.
The Korean War veteran served as El Combo's principal pianist and director.
He turned the orchestra into one of Latin America's premier salsa institutions, ushering in a golden age for the genre.